After Xiao Yao captured Xuyi, he only stayed for two, and he was about to set off for Shouyang, because when Wu Mingche learned that Xiao Yao had successfully broken the city with only a thousand people, the whole person was like a chicken blood, and he was very excited, and immediately ordered Xiao Yao to come to Shouyang to help!

The reason why Wu Mingche was so anxious to ask Xiao Yao to come, the first is because he has surrounded Shouyang for a long time, but he has not been able to break through its inner city, the two sides are only separated by a ten-meter-thick city wall, but you can't attack it, I can't break out, this kind of confrontation between the two sides makes the soldiers' mood become a little impatient and depressed, after all, the previous battles were very smooth, so everyone's emotions have become very high, and now they are suddenly resisted by the enemy, and the psychological gap from good times to bad times makes everyone unacceptable for a while.

And the second reason, and the most fundamental reason, is because he received information that Pi Jinghe, the general of Qi State, had led 30,000 elite soldiers from Xuzhou to Shouyang! His army has been unable to attack here in Shouyang for a long time, and the other party's reinforcements have arrived, and when the time comes, he will definitely fall into the danger of being attacked by the enemy on his back! Therefore, Xiao Yao must lead the infantry battalion to rush back as soon as possible, and use the firearms of the infantry battalion to assist in breaking through Shouyang!

In the two miles of Xuyi, Xiao Yao was busy dealing with the affairs of prisoners of war: first, let the landlords and rich people in Xuyi City each claim hundreds of prisoners of war to go back as free labor, promising to restore freedom after three years, so that there would be no thousands of prisoners of war! There were still more than half of the prisoners of war left, so Xiao Yao formed them into a wasteland team to take over the fields that no one cultivated due to the war, promising that after they regained their freedom, if they performed well, they could get these lands!

Because these prisoners of war are all poor peasants, and they are soldiers to eat, so now Xiao Yao's series of policies have completely dispelled their desire to resist: flee back to Qi State, still have to be soldiers, and die on the battlefield when the time comes! And staying in Huainan, although he was a labor prisoner for the first three years and had no freedom, he could at least live and have food! And after three years, you can get the land, which is a great thing!

You must know that in the Qi State, many of them don't even have land, because the wind of land annexation during this period was very serious, and many big landlords used their power to constantly encroach on the land of the peasants, resulting in these people who lost their land in order to survive, they could only run to serve as soldiers to eat.

Coupled with being brainwashed by Xiao Yao's set of nationalism, they both felt ashamed of being Han people but working for foreigners, so now they choose to stay in Huainan, a land ruled by Han people, without hesitation.

After solving this group of prisoners of war through drawing cakes and brainwashing, Xiao Yao handed over Xuyi City to the officials sent by Jinling to manage, and left Huang Yong's 5,000 soldiers to defend the city.

"Young master, let our commandos follow you to Shouyang too! We are suffocating to death in Jiangzhou! Although we didn't catch Gao Changgong this time, we will definitely not make such a mistake next time! Gao Yuan complained.

"To break through Shouyang, it is enough to have an infantry battalion! You are my secret army, the most elite trump card in my hands! I don't want to let people know about your existence so soon! And now you only have more than a hundred people, and the troops are far from enough! My goal is not one Shouyang, but the whole down! So you have to go back to Jiangzhou to continue to wait, concentrate on development, as soon as the time comes, I will let you go out, and then you will be like a tiger out of the mountain, invincible, become the most important force under my unification! Xiao Yao patted Gao Yuan's shoulder and said domineeringly.

"Yes! The young master has taught a great lesson! It's that Gao Yuan's vision is too short-sighted, and he only thinks about the current momentary bravery, and ignores the big things of the young master! When Gao Yuan returns to Jiangzhou, he must work hard to train the commando team and expand the team, and when the time comes, he will definitely be able to become the most elite unit in the hands of the young master! Gao Yuan, who reacted, immediately swore an oath.

"Excellent! And this time, your commando team is also responsible for escorting those thousands of foreign prisoners of war back to Jiangzhou, which is also a very important task! Now so many mines in Jiangzhou need laborers to mine and mine, and these prisoners of war are our free labor! Xiao Yao suddenly felt that he was very evil, and he actually exploited the working people like this! But thinking that he was just letting them work for free, if it was other generals, he would have cut them down a long time ago, so thinking about it, he was also merciful to them!

The warships of the infantry battalion went up the river along the Huai River, and had just captured Xuyi, making great achievements, so that the more than 1,000 officers and men of the entire infantry battalion were all in high spirits, and their morale was like a rainbow, and they couldn't wait to rush to Shouyang immediately to have a refreshing battle!

But there is only one person who is full of loss and resentment, he is Zhang Dabao! As a soldier, he was kidnapped by the enemy, and he was beaten all over his body, and in the end, if it wasn't for the commando team to attack the county government and save him in time, he didn't know how Gao Changgong's people would torture him!

"Dabao, why did Gao Changgong kidnap you? How did he kidnap you? Xiao Yao looked at Zhang Dabao, who was bandaged like a mummy, and asked.

"Commander, at the crossing of the Three Rivers, I was led away by his design, and then he knocked me unconscious, and also captured the cargo ship, and when I woke up, I found that the cargo ship had sailed to Xuyi! I don't know why he kidnapped me! Zhang Dabao said aggrievedly.

"That is, they have long been mixed into the fleet? It may even have been mixed into Jinling City a long time ago? And when I heard Huang Yong, there were more than 200 people when they crossed the blockade line, so many people mixed into the fleet, don't you know? Xiao Yao was a little angry, it was understandable to be infiltrated into the team by one or two enemies, but now he was mixed into the fleet by one or two hundred people, what did the people in charge of checking do!

"I don't know much about this, at that time, I just wanted to send the bullet drug pledge to Shouyang as soon as possible, and I didn't think much about the rest." Zhang Dabao said with a weak heart.

"So many of them have mixed into the fleet, and even mixed into Jinling, I believe that someone is secretly helping them! And their target this time must be gunpowder! As for gunpowder, Dabao, you haven't talked to them about anything, have you? Xiao Yao looked at Zhang Dabao and asked.

"Nope! I didn't say a word to them! Even if they beat me to death, I didn't say a word, Commander, you have to believe me! Zhang Dabao pretended to be innocent and nervous.

"Dabao, don't be so nervous, in fact, it doesn't matter if you don't, gunpowder firearms are not something that can be imitated casually, Yinhai Merchants have imitated fireworks and cannons, and they have also been developed for a long time, and it is not impossible to do it until now! What's more, about gunpowder and firearms, according to your usual performance in the infantry battalion, I believe there are many places that you don't know! Xiao Yao glanced at Zhang Dabao with contempt and said.

"But Gao Changgong is quite smart, he knows how to put gunpowder in the jar to make an earthen bomb, and use it to cross the blockade line back and forth twice, and kill three of our brothers in the infantry battalion! I must avenge this revenge! Xiao Yao said fiercely, but his eyes were still looking at Zhang Dabao.

"Commander! I'm sorry! I was wrong! I shouldn't have taught them to make dirt bombs! Zhang Dabao, who was a little flustered, decided to advance as a retreat, took the initiative to confess, turned over and got out of bed, knelt in front of Xiao Yao and cried: "At that time, I was tortured by them so painfully, I really couldn't stand it, so I taught us how to make explosives bags with their commander!" I'm sorry Commander! I'm even more sorry for my dead brother! Please Commander deal with our military law! ”

"Alas! Never mind! In fact, you don't need to teach the earth bomb, as long as they think about it according to the characteristics of gunpowder, they will come up with it! And you were also beaten like this by them, forget it, for the sake of you confessing to me just now, I won't hold you accountable for dereliction of duty this time! Take care of your injuries! Xiao Yao said softly.

"Thank you, Commander! Next time, Dabao will definitely fight bravely, capture high and long feats, and repay the commander's trust in Dabao! Zhang Dabao's acting skills are very good, and his tears and snot are in place at this time.

"Okay, rest assured, if you want to catch Gao Changgong, you have to wait for your injuries to heal!" Although Xiao Yao still has a lot of questions in his heart, looking at Zhang Dabao's current appearance, he probably can't ask them!